Donetsk, Apr 4 – DAN. DPR head Alexander Zakharchenko and Donetsk Republic parliament faction members honoured the memory of the civilians killed in the St Petersburg Metro blast on Monday. The DPR head and the legislators observed a minute of silence prior to their meeting.

“Let us honour the memory of those killed in the Petersburg Metro with a minute of silence,” Zakharchenko said.

The meeting is attended by DPR parliament speaker Denis Pushilin and faction leader Alexander Kostenko.

An explosion hit a train in the St Petersburg Metro on the stretch between Institute of Technology and Sennaya Ploshchad stations at around 2:40 p.m. on Monday. The tragedy had left 14 people dead and another 49 injured, including a child. *jk